# In Hippocratis librum vi epidemiarum commentarii vi 17b.213

Galen, In Hippocratis librum vi epidemiarum commentarii vi, Volume 17b. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-librum-vi-epidemiarum-commentarii-vi/17b.213

οὖν εἴρηταί μοι περὶ τοῦδε κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἀφορισμῶν ἐξήγησιν, ἐπὶ τὸν ἐνεστῶτα μετοίσεις λόγον, αἰτίας μιᾶς οὔσης κοινῆς ἐπί τε τῶν ἀρρένων καὶ τῶν θηλειῶν, δι' ἣν τὰ μὲν ἀριστερὰ μέρη τῶν θηλειῶν ἐστι γεννητικά, τῶν δ' ἀρρένων τὰ δεξιά. λέλεκται δὲ περὶ τούτου κἀν τοῖς Περὶ χρείας μορίων. Ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡς ἂν ἰσχύος, οὕτω καὶ γυῖον καὶ χροιὴ ἐπὶ τὸ κάκιον ἢ βέλτιον ἐπιδίδωσιν. Εὔδηλον δὴ ὅτι προσυπακοῦσαι χρὴ τῷ ὡς ἂν ἰσχύος τὸ ἔχωσιν, ὅπερ ἔνιοι καὶ προσέγραψαν. *** ἡ γοῦν διάνοια τῆς ῥήσεως, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ κάλλιστά τις ἐξηγήσασθαι παραλιπὼν τὰ μοχθηρῶς εἰρημένα τοῖς πλείστοις, ἥδ' ἂν μάλιστα γένοιτο· "ἡγοῦμαι τὸν Ἱπποκράτην διδάσκειν, ὅπως ἄν τις ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν διαγινώσκοι περὶ τῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ σώματι διαθέσεως, ἐπειδὴ μάλισθ' οὗτοι τὴν βε|

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Galenus Med., In Hippocratis librum vi epidemiarum commentarii vi. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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